tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post1411982918500732094..comments2023-10-02T22:27:44.618-04:00Comments on AgainstDispensationalism.com: Dispensationalism’s Progressive DeathNiceneCouncil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520465956622728760noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post-8377024672878114612011-03-06T01:00:26.906-05:002011-03-06T01:00:26.906-05:00You can read Dr. Chisolm's article here: https...You can read Dr. Chisolm's article here: https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/53/53-3/Chisholm_JETS_53-3_pp_561-577.pdfVancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post-36730972490901423352010-11-09T06:41:53.532-05:002010-11-09T06:41:53.532-05:00Dr. Gentry -
While I am no dispensationalist, I t...Dr. Gentry -<br /><br />While I am no dispensationalist, I think I see two problems with the general line of reasoning.<br /><br />The first is the existence of OT prophecies about Israel that seem to clearly be unconditional. For example, Jeremiah 31:35-37 (and notice v.38-40 about Jerusalem that follow on) and Jeremiah 33:23-26. There, God appears to be saying as clearly as He could that He will not cast off Israel as a nation, whatever happens. Their future as a nation seems assured. I don't see a way around that.<br /><br />The second problem is - can the same reasoning be applied to Jesus' sayings about the future in the NT? If they may all be implicitly conditional, one might say, perhaps the 2nd coming isn't going to happen because the church has been unfaithful, or perhaps the resurrection won't occur. On what grounds could one have confidence that what the NT teaches about the church will actually happen, rather than being a conditional prophecy with a condition that may not be met? Perhaps the hyper-preterists are almost right - it was all meant to come in the first century, only it didn't because the sins of the first Christians were too great. I suppose someone from a Reformed background might appeal to "perseverance-teaching passages" to argue that the church WILL be faithful, but then the same question applies to them - if they are read as promises or prophecies, on what basis can they be held to be unconditional?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post-29662065080000040652010-11-05T23:36:42.728-04:002010-11-05T23:36:42.728-04:00Is Dr. Chisolm MGT? -that's never been a prob....Is Dr. Chisolm MGT? -that's never been a prob. in Dispensational circles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com